French physicist and media star loses doctorate after plagiarism investigation

https://www.science.org/content/article/french-physicist-and-media-star-loses-doctorate-after-plagiarism-investigation

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Akasazh@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 77d

When approaching this article with an adblocker on us doesn't display anything at all.

kronarbob@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 77d (2 replies)

While reading the title, I thought it was about Idriss Aberkane. It is about Etienne Klein.

Raphbobo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 77d (1 reply)

Idriss Aberkane is an impostor and a conspiracy theorist, Etienne Klein is not as bad as him

kronarbob@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 77d

Aberkane is definitively on an other level. That's why I wished it was about him.

stoly@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 76d

For them to do this when a beloved public figure is involved, it has to be a grave situation and not just an incident here or there. Some other notable figures (e.g. Martin Luther King Jr, others) have been accused of plagiarism in their doctoral dissertation but it never rose to this level.

The reporting is that plagiarism occurred on 2/3 of the pages of the thesis. This doesn't mean that 2/3 was plagiarized, but that he included plagiarized content throughout. He may genuinely be capable of this level of research but did not actually do it. As reported, this is an appropriate decision.

Septimaeus@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 77d (1 reply)
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Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 77d

Also, comedy isn't science.